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Star Trek which
wasn't S half bad. If you don't
remember T it, tough, but don't forget
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reel your mind back in.
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Some people in high places like
Star Trek. All the Space Shuttles
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were named after Trek ships, and It
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is now correct American to say "To
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boldly go". Sheesh — If a low budget
B-series i like Star Trek can influence
the n American people, that explains a
lot. d
s Tobias "AgaTron” Richter likes
Star b Trek, and has done a rather
nice a little game based on Star Trek —
The c Next Generation. When I say
little, k I meant only takes up two
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language, i anything is possible.
As t shipped, DME is a rather basic
text-editor — no menus, no print
command, no global find-replace and
no paragraph reformatting. But if you
have a penchant for simple
programming, you can configure DME
to your exact specification.
DME can open as many documents
as you have memory for the text and
the windows. You can cut and paste
between them, and each window can
have a different (fixed-pitch) font.
These fonts are only for the screen — if
you create a print command — via
SaveAs PRT: — it will only use your
printer's standard font.
The program automatically searches
for configuration files in current work
directories, so the DME configuration
you use for writing C programs can be
totally different from the one you use
to write purple prose.
DME writes an icon with the Save
file if you started the program from
1
GAME
OF THE
MONTH
Star Trek
disks, and really likes at least a
megabyte of RAM. There is a littler
version which will run in 512k, but
you sacrifice most of the sound.
Tobias has spent a lot of time with
a sampler getting the noises just
right. All your favourite Trek sounds
are there, timed just the way you'd
expect. Most of the game is spent
managing the Enterprise's affairs,
dealing with attacks and fulfilling
missions. That's quite enough to be
going on with, since the Enterprise
has all the reliability of an Edsel.
Scotty (with that marvellous Irish
accent of his) would be shocked.
The graphics are neat in extremis.
but the gameplay is a bit too deep for
me. Everyone keeps telling me how
good it is, so far be it from me to
disagree.
Star Trek is available from
primarily from George Thompson
Services, but other libraries should
have it. it's "Worthware" — you send
Tobias what you think it's worth.
Rotten fish will not be appreciated.
DME V1..N (Cop pi•ht 1988 by Hattbew Dillen, A]] Rishis Reservtd
Seasoned DHE users:
DME
A Programer's Editor
Matthew Dillon
First Tine DIE users: READ THE DOCUMENTATION. There is no online help
fur IMIE. The editor is designed for programers
like ne.
Place DME wherever. place SAMPLE.EDRC as S:.EDRC DME autonatical
sources S:.EDRC, and the .EDRC in the current directory on startup.
The end of the documentation contains changes and
bug fixes to this version. Review the command li
Matthew Dillon
891 Regal Rd.
Berkeley, Ca. 94788
USA
...ihncoltucbvaxtdillon USENET
One of the first uses you can put DME to: Reading its own doe file
Workbench, but doesn't if it was
started from the CLI - a neat touch.
If you like messing about with
configuration files and want a zero
wait-state text engine, DME is the
• PUBLIC DOMAIN E
business. I'd look elsewhere if you
don't like staring the CU in the eye. If
have to give it further
recommendation, it's the editor I now
use for all my writing.
AMIGA COMPUTING November 1990 97